SEA SPLEENWORT. 

 AsPLENiuM Marinum of Authors. 



LOCALITIES. 



England. . . . Durham, near Berwick-on-Tweed ; Sussex, near Hastings ; Dorsetshire, near Lyme 

 Regis ; Cornwall, near the Loganstone, at Whitsand-bay, near Falmouth, Lizard 

 Point, Scilly Islands, and St. Ives ; Devonshire, Barnstaple Bay and Ilfracombe ; 

 Somersetshire, near Cleardon, in abundance on the rocks; Cheshire, entrance of 

 the Dee, and Red Noses, near Liverpool; Lancashire, on the Mersey, near 

 Warrington, and the Dingle near Liverpool ; near Douglas, in the Isle of Man. 



Wales Caernarvonshire, Orme's Head ; Anglesea, on the South Stack ; Merionethshire, 



near Towyn ; Cardiganshire, at Aberystwith, on the Castle rock, and on the 

 Castle ; Pembrokeshire, Fiskard Bay, St. David's Head, Ramsey Island, and on 

 the coast exactly opposite ; Glamorganshire, near Neath, Mumbles Lighthouse, 

 between the Mumbles and Penyard castle, near Swansea, near Dunraven castle, 

 Barry island. 



Scotland . . . Dumfriesshire, near Annan ; Wigtownshire, near Portpatrick ; Ayrshire, near Ayr ; 

 Isles of Bute and Arran ; Argyleshire, near Oban ; Isle of Mull : on the basaltic 

 columns at StafFa ; at lona, almost covering the old cathedral ; Rosshire ; Inver- 

 nesshire, on the Murray Firfh ; Aberdeenshire; Fifeshire, abundant at Weem's 

 Cove ; Inch Keith, in the Frith of Forth; Berwickshire, at Eymouth. 



Ireland .... County Dublin, Isle of Lambay, Hillof Howth, Black Rock, Killineybay ; counties 

 Wicklow, Wexford ; County Cork, near Youghal ; County Kerry, near Tralee, 

 and at the Lakes of Killarney; County Clare, abundant on the west coast, 

 between Louphead and Kilkee, and hetween Kilkee and Mohir Cliffs ; County 

 Galway; South isles of Arran and Cunnemara; County Mayo, Clew bay ; Counties 

 Donegal and Derry, on the coast ; County Antrim, Giant's Causeway, Plaiskins, 

 Carrick-a-Rede, Fairhead, Red Bay, Glenarm, Larne, Carrickfergus. 



This fern is, as the name implies, essentially a marine species, 

 rooting deeply in the fissures of cliffs, or clothing the roofs of 

 sea-caves, in the darkest recesses of which it seems to luxuriate. 

 Mr. H. Doubleday informs me that he found it completely 



